Welcome to the website of the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health Research Group (GRAFAiS), a group recognized and financed by the “Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants” (AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya) since 2014 and previously called GRAFIS. This is a multidisciplinary research group that studies the relationship between physical activity and nutrition as a tool for the promotion and maintenance of health, rehabilitation and functionality throughout life (from childhood to old age) focusing on the typical and atypical population.

The Research Group on Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health (GRAFAiS) currently has 24 members (13 of them are full-time doctors at the INEFC-UB, the UB or the URL) and we collaborate with a large number of prestigious international and national institutions. In the last 5 years (2017-2022), the members of the group have published 90 articles in high-impact scientific journals (39 in Quartile 1 journals). During this period, the research group has directed 15 theses that have obtained the highest marks and, currently, 12 doctoral theses have been started. Also during the last 5 years, GRAFAiS members have participated in and/or led 13 competitive research or transfer projects at a national and international level, capitalizing globally (more than €2,300,000). In addition, the coordination of 3 official master’s degrees is carried out by members of the group and we participate in more than 8 master’s degrees and post-graduate courses.

At GRAFAiS we have defined seven lines of research and we have established synergies between each other and the members of the group. Our lines of research have as a common element: the movement of the human body and its health throughout life